“Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of ... Mommie Dearest is an exhausting, raw, terrifying read, quite different from the campy horror of the 1981 movie version starring Faye Dunaway.

Based on the 1978 memoir by Joan's daughter, Christina Crawford -- a controversial best ... but first throw a raw steak in there to distract her." 6. The notorious wire hanger scene is even ...

Rita Moreno made history in 1962 when she became the first Latina to win an acting Oscar, and Joan Crawford was eager to steal the spotlight. The Puerto Rican actress won the Academy Award for ...

Dunaway, now 83, famously portrayed silver-screen icon Joan Crawford in the 1981 cult classic “Mommie Dearest.” Directed by Frank Perry, “Mommie Dearest” is based on the tell-all memoir of ...

She was a powerful female figure in the male-dominated film industry, and while she had her demons, Joan Crawford fascinated award-winning writer and playwright Samuel Garza Bernstein, whose ...